Adding civ icons

[Craig_Sutter]

I'm working on civ icons for my mod. I can easily and successfully add them simply using the icon atlases I use for leader icons and such.

I'm just wondering... all the civs have an entry like:

<AlphaIconAtlas>CIV_ALPHA_ATLAS</AlphaIconAtlas>

What do the associated graphics file portray? I can't really tell... are they strategic view icons of some sort? Should I be adding these as well as my regular icons? Right now, I simply point at files already in the game and haven't created any of my own as far as the alpha atlas goes... simply because I do not know why I need them and of what use they are in tailoring a civ.

Any info about this item would be appreciated.

 

[Putmalk]

White versions of your civ icons. They dictate what symbols appears next to civ cities

 

[Boster]

Yeah, those icons will only appear if you aren't playing as that civ, the icon is covered up by what you are producing. I just recently learned that for my mod.